Huntsville gazette., 1887-09-24
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Albert Victor, the Emperor and Empress
of Russia, the King of Greece and the
King and Queen of Denmark we're present
at the conservation of the English Church
at Copenhagen on the 1.-THE
TEE LABEL Glass W orks at Bridgeport
O.,were burned on the evening of the 18th,
entailing loss of $S5, 900; well insured
Four hundred people are thrown out of
work.
In the League baseball championship
race, at the close of the week ending the
18th. the Chicagos, while still holding sec-
ond place to Detroit, had fallen further
behind during the week, the percentage
showing 651 for Detroit to 5S8 for Chica go.
In the Association the st. Louis Browns
showed percentage of al against 500 for
Cincinnati, their nearest competitor.
CAPTAIN J. B. MULLETr, of the United
States revenue marine service, committed
suicide at San Francisco on the 17th by
shooting himself in the head. Continued
ill-health is supposed to have prompted
the deed.
THE two hundred and fifty seventh an
niversary of the settlement Of Boston and
the centennial anniversary Of the close of
the revolutionary war was observed at
that city on the 17th by raising flags on
all the public buildings, ringing of bells,
etc.
In wreck on the Atlantic g. Pacific rail-
way, near Needles, Cal, on the 18th, up
wards of fifty persons were injured.
TEXAS fever has broken out to such an
extent all over Pennsylvania that the
State authorities have taken the matter in
charge and are working hard to prev ent
its further spread.
THE exhibition Of the American Insti-
tute in New York, which opens on the
2Sth, promises to be a most interesting
event. The wonderful advancement in
the manipulation of electricity will be the
feature of the show.
AT the Minnesota State Fair, ct Min
neapolis, on the 18th, sham battle was
fought, participated in by about three
thousand men, comprising militia, G. A.
R. men and two batteries of artillery.
Fully 60,0j0 persons witnessed the battle.
THREE HUNDRED persons sat down to the
centennial banquet of the Hibernian So
ciety at Philadelphia, on the 18th. Pres
ident Cleveland was among the guests and
made brief speech.
A BRILLIANT meteor of large size fell
about two miles out of Barton on the night
of the 18th, and as no explosion was heard
it was thought to be intact, and large
party left Boston to search for it.
THE Capitol building at Washington is
being thoroughly overhauled and reno
waited.
FRED MUNCHRATH was convicted of
manslaughter at Sioux City, Ia, on the
18th. His crime was in connection with
Rev. Mr.. Haddock's murder.
QUEEN VICTORIA would be pleased if Sir
John Macdonald would serve on the Fish
cries Commission.
THE cholera outbreak in Italy continues
to increase in seriousness. The alarm is
made greater by the fact that the disease
is of q more violent type than that of re-
cent years.
MISS SUsANNE BANCROFT, grand-daugh-
ter of Geo. Bancroft, the distinguished his
torian, will shortly be married to Viscomte
Albert de Chaunac Louzac. NJ. De Chaunac,
who is Of one of the best families of France,
resides at Chateau de Cibeaument Par
Dogne (Dordogne), France, his fathers
estate being the Cha teau de Besse.
The G. A. r. excursion party from San
Francisco departed for st. Louis on the
10Th and expected to be Joined at the
Needles by delegation from Southern
California. They travel in a special train,
cons sting of eight Puliman coaches, two
Santa Fe tourist sleeper5, one baggage
and one fruit car. There are 450 members
booked for the trip and 125 ladies belong
ing to the Vomen's Relief Corps.
GOVERNOR Ross of New Mexico has just
made his annual report to the Govern
ment.
MR. BLAINE is visiting in Vienna. He will
not go to Berlin until about the 1st of Oc-
tober
THE Cigarmakers' International Union
met in convention at Binghamton, N. T.,
on the 10Th.
KING WILLIAM opened the Dutch Par
lament on the 10Th with a speech from the
throne.
The George Weber Brewing Company ot
Cincinnati, has made an assignment
Liabilities, $5oo,0oo; assets, $350,o0o.
A GERMAN paper asserts that Emperor
William and the Car are to meet on the
25th at Swinemande.
A COLLISION on the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul railroad near Dubuque, Ia,
on the 18th, killed five persons.
IT is reported in London that the Amer
lean syndicate have accepted the Chinese
concessions for banks and internal enter
prises.
BULGARIAN Government officials are
sorely troubled at the attitude Of Germany.
because OF the recent insult of Rust
chuck editor to the German Vice Consul.
A RIOT, with much destruction Of prop
erty, and the loss of one human life, was
the sequel to a sprinting swindle at Lille
Bridge, England, on the 10th.
THOMAS FACY, of Bristol, Dak., fatally
shot his son at mid night on the 18th. The
father claims to have been laboring under
a fit of temporary insanity.
On the evening OF tie 18th, as the tug
boat Pathfinder was crossing Lake Erie,
EN- route from Detroit to Toledo, John Cor
man, the fireman, accidentally fell into
the crank pit and was crushed to death.
FIRE broke out on the evening of the
10Th in the Cincinnati, Hamilton 6 Day
ton shops at Lima, O. The boiler-shop,
wood working shop, ilacksni:th-shop, Of
fee buildings aad their contents were
totally destroyed. The loss will foot up
nearly $50, ,00o. About two hundred men
are thrown out of work by the fire.
JAMES DoLAN and a companion sup
posed to be William Banks, of Wyandotte,
while intoxicated, went to sleep on the
Lake Shore tracks near Detroit, Mich, on